Megatons to Megawatts Program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Megatons_to_Megawatts_Program
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear disarmament program
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:United_States-Russia_Highly_Enriched_Uranium_Purchase_Agreement
gptkbp:amountOfUraniumConverted 500 metric tons
gptkbp:category gptkb:US-Russia_relations
nuclear nonproliferation
arms reduction
gptkbp:endDate 2013
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Megatons to Megawatts Program
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:purpose convert Russian weapons-grade highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium for use in US nuclear power plants
gptkbp:resultedIn elimination of thousands of nuclear warheads
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:United_States_Enrichment_Corporation
gptkb:Techsnabexport_(Tenex)
gptkbp:startYear 1993
gptkbp:status completed
gptkbp:totalElectricityGenerated about 10% of US electricity (over 20 years)
gptkbp:uraniumDestination US commercial nuclear reactors
gptkbp:uraniumSource dismantled Russian nuclear warheads
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nuclear_history_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6